John Le Carré, The Russia House Quotes
When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.
She's become a Russian again, he thought. When something works, she's grateful. When it doesn't work, it's life.
... in moments of crisis our thoughts do not run consecutively but rather sweep over us in waves or intuition and experience ...
Some men will never be heroes, some heroes will never be men, he thought, with urgent acknowledgements to Joseph Conrad.